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Thursday, January 3, 2013

I’m typing this on New Years Eve and while
I’m not a drinker I’m thinking it’s is the perfect day to think of Obama’s
Second Term.

New Year’s Eve generally is
a bingethat ends with big headache and on occasion the company of someone you
regret the next morning.That is going
to be America circa 2013 all over.

We
asked for it, we’re going to get it.

The fiscal cliff deal is
coming (UPDATE it has come) and Zachary Goldfard at the Post pointed out a
change in one part of the argument that is being ignored.

R. Glenn Hubbard, dean of the Columbia Business School and an architect
of the Bush tax cuts, said it is “deeply ironic” for Democrats to favor
extending most of them, given what he called their “visceral” opposition a
decade ago.

Personally I think they
still oppose them, By the time you read this we will know if a deal is
struck.I figure the re-imposition of
those tax increases in such a way that Republicans can be blamed is a two-fer
for democrats and their media allies, but if there is a deal and those tax
rates are made permanent somewhere in Texas George Bush will be smiling.

John McCain, Lindsey
Graham and Joe Lieberman have penned a piece (do people say “penned” anymore?) arguing for our involvement in Syria.

The
United States must rally our allies to channel assistance to the newly
established Syrian opposition council for distribution in the rebel-held areas.
We must provide weapons and other lethal assistance to the opposition military
command. And we must impose a no-fly zone in some areas of Syria, to include
using the U.S. Patriot missile batteries en route to Turkey, to protect people
in northern Syria from Assad’s aerial attacks.If
we remain on the current course, future historians are likely to record the
slaughter of innocent Syrians, and the resulting harm done to America’s
national interests and moral standing, as a shameful failure of U.S. leadership
and one of the darker chapters in our history. That should unsettle us all as
we pray for peace and goodwill this holiday season.

I understand the moral
argument and it’s a fair point, but on the other end there is the question of
aiding an opposition that is highly influenced by Al Qaeda and Islamists.They are likely to bring in a crew as bad or
worse as the last bunch.

In for a penny, in for a
pound if America goes in it has to be willing to commit the blood and treasure
to keep this from happening.Like the
fiscal mess with the GOP no matter what America does the Islamists and the left
will blame us, so we should do what is in our best interests and, despite the
crisis, I think our best interests to not intervene in Syria.

Given
as stipulated [for the sake of argument]the
vast majority of the right is one step away from the cliff of slaughter, might
saying: “Next year we’ve coming for your guns” less than two weeks after Andrew
Cuomo said “Confiscation
could be an option“, be the
push to send a bunch of heavily armed Chick-Fil-A eating psychopaths over the
edge?It’s
gasoline on a fire ready to engulf the country in flames with only the
police, the army and power of the presidency to hold back the impending
holocaust of good and decent Obama voters.Liberals,
be afraid, be VERY afraid…

If the gun owners were as
dangerous and as scary as our liberal friends tell us, those same liberals
wouldnot risk provoking them this
way.

Strangely enough those
same liberals have no problem keeping silent about Islamists who oppress women
and slaughter gays.

The
privileged daughter of a prominent city doctor, and her boyfriend — a Harvard
grad and Occupy Wall Street activist — have been busted for allegedly having a
cache of weapons and a bombmaking explosive in their Greenwich Village
apartment.Morgan
Gliedman — who is nine-months pregnant — and her baby daddy, Aaron Greene, 31,
also had instructions on making bombs, including a stack of papers with a cover
sheet titled, “The Terrorist Encyclopedia,’’ sources told The Post yesterday.I suspect this will get very little play
doesn’t fit the template.Maybe in
twenty years they will serve in congress as reps from NY, after all in case you
haven’t noticed from the Black Panthers to the mentors of Obamas Ayers and Dorn
the left always seems to embrace their terrorists.

Saudi
religious police stormed a house in the Saudi Arabian province of al-Jouf,
detaining more than 41 guests for “plotting to celebrate Christmas,” a
statement from the police branch released Wednesday night said.The
raid is the latest in a string of religious crackdowns against residents
perceived to threaten the country’s strict religious code.Why do I get the feeling an awful lot of
folks on the left would love to do the same here?----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Some sports?The Washington Redskins (5 -11 last year)
took the NFC East with a win over the Dallas Cowboys last weekend. The
Indianapolis Colts (2-14 last year) won 11 games and picked up the #5 seed in
the AFC North.

On twitter somebody sent
out the list of predictions for this year from ESPN’s experts.While the Eagles, Cowboys and Giants were all
picked by people to win the division (in fact two “experts” picked the Dallas
and Philly respectively to win the Superbowl, not a single person had either
Indy or Washington going this far.

The Jets weren’t on any
playoff lists but because of the acquisition of Tim Tebow they were all over
the media.When Jeff Sanchez tanked NY
rather than start Tebow went with 3rd stringer Greg
McElroy.When he went down with an
injury before the final game they pleased Tebow haters everywhere by putting
Sanchez behind center one last time for one last loss.

One might
wonder what harm It would have done forTebowto start the final game, the answer
is simple:What would they say ifhewon?That 10th loss is a small
price to pay to avoid the embarrassment of Tim Tebow succeeding even slightly.

Just a
reminder, Tim Tebow got the Broncos to the 2nd round of the playoffs
last year, as of right now that’s the same place where Peyton Manning has them.

Of course compared to the entire
NHL the Jets are a bunch of geniuses.At
least they had the brains to playthe
season and get everyone paid.In an era
of 24/7 entertainment and sports you don’t want to remind people they can do
without you.

Finally
the Doctor Who Christmas special was excellent, the plot interesting, the setup
for the next season really worked and the new credits reminded me of a
combination of Jon Pertwee& Tom Baker.

My one
issue?I’m getting sick of the constant
“Gay Marriage” messages.It’s become
obligatory to the point where it’s odd if there isn’t a married lesbian lizard
lady in Victorian London or a Horse in the old west renamed “Susan” from Joshua
whose life choices we needed to respect, or "thin/fat gay married Anglican marines." It’s almost as bad
as the constant time paradoxes lately but in fairness those only became ubiquitous when
Moffat became head writer.

“The idea of bringing politics into Doctor Who was deliberate, but we
had to do it very quietly and certainly didn’t shout about it,” said McCoy….Sophie
Aldred, who played Ace, the Doctor’s feminist companion, said a shared contempt
for right-wing ideology had inspired “a real bonding process” for cast and
crew.

I’m not
the first to notice,but let me say this:When the writing goes bad and there were some
signs of that in series 6, expect them to go all social issues all the time
because when the ideas run out there is always
the agenda.

It looks like John Boehner will be our Speaker again. Why? Why is John Boehner going to be our Speaker again? We are at a constant struggle with our politicians. When our founding fathers set up the United States they intended for the people to be the leader, not the politicians. I'm not very fond of party politics, as I feel that it can cause politicians to go against their beliefs and "compromise" in hopes that they can get elected again so that they can do good for the country their next term. These people, these Washington politicians, they don't give a rats ass about the people. They only care about getting elected. They only care about their poll numbers. These people think they are so great, that they must "compromise" in the name of getting themselves elected so that they can "help the nation". They act like without them we would all fail. Politicians don't move this country forward. Hard working Americans move this country forward. But that's how the Feinstein's and the Boehner's of the world think. This isn't an issue of Democrat vs. Republican. This isn't Conservative vs. Liberal. This is the People vs. Washington. I would rather have the first 100 people in the phonebook run this country than the clowns we have now. The politicians in this country don't think about what's best for the country. They think of what's best for them. And when we get people who don't do that, we will have a successful congress. Politicians should say "this is what I believe in..." and they should act on their beliefs. Not throw their convictions out the window the first minute they are offered votes for something they want done. Essentially, politicians decide which issues are important to them. They say, "Well it's ok for me to vote against my beliefs on bill x, because I know that I will get more votes for when I present bill y". No, it's not ok. Who are you to decide what issues are important and which aren't? Who are you to say Healthcare is more important, than say Gun's Rights? They are all equally important. Say what you want about Ron Paul, and I'm not saying this because he is a Republican, but he votes with his beliefs. He is the only congressman who, I can think of, that doesn't "compromise" in the name of getting re-elected. And he has served 12 terms. As reported by the Huffington Post (in a not so flattering article, "On November 8, 1999, Paul was the lone nay vote on a motion to suspend the rules and pass an amendment to fund the Office of Government Ethics." Give me an example of Boxer or Boehner doing something like this. Just one. Give me an example of them standing up to the parties, and not trying to vote in order to get votes on other bills, or offering to vote on other things. Congress is an economy of votes. I'm sick of it, and the American people are too. We need to stand up to our politicians. Call your congressman. Call into talk radio shows. Run for office. Don't be afraid. The American public doesn't want more politicians, they want more regular people, we need regular people.